English Geographical Location and Features Idioms - 1

"The plastic that can be seen and cleaned from the shore is just ________________".

• living under a rock

• a stormy relationship

• the tip of the iceberg

Ronaldo _______________ with 47 goals in the 96/97 season.

• set the world on fire

• out in the sticks

• went with the flow

Why are you so worried about the thesis for your degree? It’s over a year away, so just ________________________________ .

• test the waters

• cross that bridge when you come to it

• make a mountain out of a molehill

Even though he had lost the match, he had gained in experience and was now more confident. __________________________________________ .

• Get on like a house on fire.

• The light at the end of the tunnel.

• Every cloud has a silver lining

The students were given ample of time to study for the test because the teacher thoroughly believed that ___________________________________________.

• out of the woods

• Rome was not going to be built in a day

• water under the bridge

“Lately we’ve been having so many problems in sales that I haven’t been able to work on the new plan—_________________________________________________”

• from another planet

• I'm over the moon

• I’m too busy fighting alligators to drain the swamp

The work on our house has been going on for months, but we're finally starting to see _________________________________________.

• the light at the end of the tunnel

• the writing on the wall

• all roads lead to Rome

“The congressman became so involved in the wording of his bill that ____________________________________________ ; he did not realize that the bill could never pass.”

• the grass is always greener on the other side

• he couldn't see the forest for the trees

• getting into deep water

I was worried that they wouldn't like each other; in fact they're ________________________________________.

• a storm in a teacup

• caught between a rock and a hard place

• getting on like a house on fire

He lives by himself in a cabin out in the _____________________________.

• back of beyond

• stick-in-the-mud

• over the moon